Another Bucket List Check Mark

 One of my bucket list items has been to be on a game show.  About a month ago, I decided to apply  to  be on Wheel of Fortune!  I didn't really think much would come from it.  After all, I hear that over 1 million people apply to be on the show.  But just a week ago I received confirmation I was selected for round one of auditions!  

Amy made it home just in time to watch me audition and snapped this picture:

It was literally a 5 minute audition with 4 other people.  Though brief, the experience was interesting and I am so grateful I got to be a part of it.  It was a brief  get to know you session, much like how people introduce themselves on the show itself.  I mentioned my two jobs (crisis mental health and hospice), My adventures with Amy, and of course I mentioned how I like to take my cats for stroller rides.  The interview ended and now I just wait.  Wait to hear if I have been selected for Round 2.  

Every day I put the energy out in the world to be selected to be a contestant.  I want this.  Bad!  I'm hoping this blog post will help the energy flow into the Universe.  This is Pat Sajak's final year as host so I'm extra hoping that I get chosen to be on this season of the show!  

Wheel of Fortune, Here I Come!  

Entering the 21st Century

An amazing thing happened this week.  It may be a decade too late, but it happened.  I stepped out of the 1980's and entered the 21st century.  My hair style has been updated.  Its been a long time coming, and something I have wanted to do ForEver, but I have never had the courage or the know-how. 

My hair has been a bone of contention for me for my whole life, and I am still not convinced I love it.  It is taking some getting used to.  Yesterday, when I got the ever important "Mom Stamp of Approval", I sighed a breath of relief.  Why my mom's opinion of my hair matters to me is a mystery, but it does. 

So today I took the plunge and got an official cut. Gone is the 80's rat's nest poofy bang, and enter the side swept bang.  Though I don't think she cut it exactly as I envisioned.  Then again, my hair is very different from the general public's hair, and it does its own thing, is far too baby fine, and is lacking a modula (the inner shaft of a hair follicle). 

So I went to my hair stylist with THIS in mind:

But I came out looking like THIS:

True facts.

I am just hoping it is a learning curve, and once I learn to style my hair better, it will look better.  At any rate, I am in the 21st century now.  My luck the poof bang will be back in style just I am learning how to do this new do. 

Secret Things I Really Want to do, but Probably Never Will.....

There are some things in life that I would really like to try, but chances are I will never get the skill or the opportunity for most of them.

1).  I want to draw.  My whole life, I have been so amazed and a little jealous by those who can draw.  People say I would be able to draw, too, if only I practiced.  I disagree.  Now that I am older, I think my drawing skills are impossible.  Kind of like language.  Use it or lose it, and I lost it long ago.  A kid at work once gave me a step by step drawing manual for how-to-draw-a-stick-figure.  My drawing skills have advanced since then to this:

So, yeah, to be able to draw a little more sophisticated would be nice.

2).  I don't believe in having exotic animals as household pets, but I think it would be snazzy to meet that animal guy who makes appearances on all the talk shows, Jack Hannah. He'd let me pet a wild cat or hold a baby monkey.  You know, one that won't tear my face apart.  To feed any wild baby animal a bottle would be the cat's meow. 

3).  After watching Wipeout on TV, I have decided that I would like to try a Wipeout course.  Not a televised version, but one that I could do so that millions of people don't see me making a fool of myself.  Not sure why exactly I want to attempt something that has people doing unplanned back bends where their feet touch their heads, but I think giving it a try would be fun. Of course, I'd have to plug my nose whenever I got thrown into the the drink.  Plus, it would be fun to say I survived the Big Balls.

4).  Dancing.  I secretly want to be on Dancing With the Stars.  Only I am not a star so that remains a problem.  I'd love to learn how to ballroom dance and shake what my mama gave me (which isn't much, or rather which is TOO much).  Sure there are local classes that teach this stuff, but I don't have a partner to learn it with.  Plus, my hands don't like to move at the same time as my feet so dancing is a huge challenge for me.  I'd need a very patient tolerant teacher who could put up with my whining and moaning.

5).  This is the one item on my list that could potentially become a reality.  Acting.  One of my favorite things to do is go to plays at our local Playhouse.  Each play is outstanding and inevitably I leave there with such a lighter spirit that it inspires me to want to be a part of that feeling.  Nothing in the spotlight, but just as an extra in the cast would be about the coolest thing.  A small company dance number, a small company singing number, bows at the end of the performance, applause, the whole shebang.  Hey, if I did a dance number IN the play, I'd kind of achieve my dancing wish as well. 

When I make my first appearance on the stage, I'll let ya know.